Sandown: Paul Morris season finale notes

Morris forced out by power steering problem.
A power steering problem forced Sirromet Wines Holden Commodore driver
Paul Morris to withdraw from today's feature second race in the 13th and
final round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship at ...

Morris forced out by power steering problem.

A power steering problem forced Sirromet Wines Holden Commodore driver
Paul Morris to withdraw from today's feature second race in the 13th and
final round of the 2002 V8 Supercar Championship at Sandown in Melbourne.

Morris retired after completing 22 laps of the 96-lap Betta Electrical V8
Ultimate event. He had finished 27th in yesterday's opening race over 48
laps around the 3.1km circuit.

On Friday the 34-year-old from Queensland's Gold Coast was 11th fastest
in the opening practice session, 12th in the second practice, before
qualifying 30th with a lap time of 1-min 12.192-secs.

Morris was hampered in the first race at Sandown by a delay during the
compulsory pit-stop, and bent steering after contact with the Holden
Young Lions Commodore of Rick Kelly. In the second race Morris made the
first of his two mandatory pit-stops on lap six and resumed racing before
being forced to stop by the power steering problem.

Marcos Ambrose won both races in a Pirtek Ford Falcon. Mark Skaife, fifth
in race one at Sandown and second in race two, won the championship title
for the Holden Racing Team with a points tally of 2,227. Kmart Commodore
driver Greg Murphy was second on 1,569, and Ambrose third on 1,498.

PAUL MORRIS QUOTES: "In the first couple of (practice) sessions we were
competitive, but then we had problems with various things. It's
disappointing because we've had a tough season and I wanted to finish
with some good results. The first race started quite well, then we had
the coming together with Rick (Kelly), which bent the steering, and our
pit-stop wasn't quick enough. The car felt good in the second race. We
came in early for the pit-stop in case a Safety Car came out and things
were looking good until a power steering line fractured. Next season
we'll be running a VY (Holden) Commodore which is being built at our
workshop. Hopefully it's going to be a better season."